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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data

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FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data | TechCrunch
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The first of its kind settlement prohibits X-Mode, now known as Outlogic, from sharing and selling users' sensitive information to others.
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    Company must have refused to sell data to CIA or NSA

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      More like FBI or DEA. If the NSA wants it they just hack them.

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        Probably easier to just buy it

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          Many agencies do that but it’s been established that the NSA simply takes data from companies of almost any size, domestic or foreign.

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            I’m sure they do when it’s not for sale.

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